21+ hour, 16+ min ago   (452+ words) BLAINE, MN (September 13, 2026). Blaine residents looking for help with housing, mental health, food insecurity or other everyday problems will soon be able to walk into a public library and speak directly with the police department's licensed social worker without scheduling…...

21+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1637+ words) MINNEAPOLIS, MN (September 13, 2026). The Twin Cities enter the final day of a crowded September weekend with a Sunday calendar that is smaller than Saturday's festival avalanche but still unusually deep. Minneapolis carries much of the day's activity through Mia Family…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (487+ words) SAINT PAUL, MN (September 10, 2026). Saint Paul's planned expansion of its police drone program has been stopped for now after City Council members declined Wednesday to move forward while questions remain about privacy, surveillance and oversight of the technology. The proposal…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (376+ words) SAINT PAUL, MN (September 10, 2026). Minnesota's system for overseeing assisted-living facilities needs improvements in inspections, public transparency and coordination among government agencies, according to a new evaluation by the state's Office of the Legislative Auditor. The review did not conclude that…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (525+ words) ELY, MN (September 10, 2026). After more than two months of firefighting across some of Minnesota's most remote terrain, wildfires that burned more than 71,000 acres in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness have reached 100 percent containment. U.S. Forest Service officials said…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (747+ words) SAINT PAUL, MN (September 8, 2026). A neighborhood dispute over the planned METRO H Line is intensifying in Saint Paul as residents along Como Avenue push Metro Transit to move part of the bus rapid transit route away from their residential street…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (368+ words) MINNEAPOLIS, MN (September 6, 2026). A woman was critically wounded early Saturday after an argument escalated into gunfire in a North Minneapolis parking lot, according to police, who were searching for the person responsible. Minneapolis police responded at approximately 3:12 a.m. Saturday to a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (521+ words) ROCHESTER, MN (September 6, 2026). A $30 million settlement with the largest insurer of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester will provide additional compensation to 145 people who survived sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and staff, bringing another lengthy phase of litigation over the abuse claims…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (431+ words) BROOKLYN CENTER, MN (September 6, 2026). Four juvenile males were detained following a shooting in Brooklyn Center Friday evening that triggered a foot pursuit and police search, with investigators recovering a handgun equipped with an extended magazine and at least six spent…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (948+ words) MINNEAPOLIS, MN (July 10, 2026) The City of Minneapolis has fired its highest-ranking communications official amid a police investigation into allegations that he stole cash and financial cards from fellow municipal employees and used at least one stolen card to make hundreds…...